Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing

By Neal Stephenson

Book Overview

#1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson is, quite simply, one of the best and most respected writers alive. He's taken sf to places it's never been ( Snow Crash , Anathem ). He's reinvented the historical novel (The Baroque Cycle), the international thriller ( Reamde ), and both at the same time ( Cryptonomicon ). Now he treats his legion of fans to Some Remarks , an enthralling collection of essays--Stephenson's first nonfiction work since his long essay on technology, In the Beginning...Was the Command Line , more than a decade ago--as well as new and previously published short writings both fiction and non. Some Remarks is a magnificent showcase of a brilliantly inventive mind and talent, as he discourses on everything from Sir Isaac Newton to Star Wars .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062024434
• ISBN13: 9780062024435
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Nostrodamus of speculative fiction

Neal has shown his prowess at predictions of future events and this amalgamation of his article and other short bits from much earlier times is rife with speculation come to pass. Interweb, Elon, Starlink/Tesla/Space X, Asia, politics, Tolkien, and more